Policy formulators and regulators from the banking, insurance and telecommunications, and other sectors of the economy have confirmed their participation in the 2023 Annual Conference of Finance and Business Online Publishers (FiBOP).
The event holds from October 20-22, 2023 at Orchids Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
According to the programme sent to NewsGazette in Lagos, those expected include the new executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Aminu Maina, group managing director of CRC Credit Bureau, Dr. Ahmed Popoola, director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Lamido Yuguda, and the managing director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr Bello Hassan
A press release jointly signed by the chairman of the conference planning committee, Mr Abel Orukpe and the FiBOP president of FiBOP, Mr Charles Onwuatogwu, also stated that the commissioner for insurance, Mr. Sunday Thomas will present an opening remark while the managing director of Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited and president, Nigeria Insurance Association (NIA), Mr. Olusegun Omosehin, will take charge of the technical session.
Omosehin is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and also a fellow of the Institute of Directors, member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Nigerian Society of International Law.
“It is thus expected that Omosehin, as a uniquely positioned and experienced professional will share important industry tips and insights to critical security and economic issues as it relates to insurance in Nigeria,” FiBOP said.
Held under the theme ‘Mitigating risk and insecurity using insurance and technology in a harsh environment,’ FiBOP said it is poised to contribute to checking the increasing wave of financial risk and insecurity across the country.
It added that the conference “promises to be grand and it is expected to critically address the numerous challenges, bothering on financial risk and insecurity, encountered by individuals, organisations and even government and how insurance and technology can assist to ease these challenges.
“The conference is sure to provide better understanding as well as deepen insurance penetration in Nigeria.
